Arvicanthis
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| Arvicanthis Temporal range:
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| African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Arvicanthini |
| Genus: | Arvicanthis Lesson, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Lemmus niloticus | |
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Arvicanthis abyssinicus | |
Arvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats.
Species
Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice
- Abyssinian grass rat, Arvicanthis abyssinicus Rüppell, 1842
- Sudanian grass rat, Arvicanthis ansorgei Thomas, 1910
- Blick's grass rat, Arvicanthis blicki Frick, 1914
- Nairobi grass rat, Arvicanthis nairobae J. A. Allen, 1909
- Neumann's grass rat, Arvicanthis neumanni Matschie, 1894
- African grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus É. Geoffroy, 1803
- Guinean grass rat, Arvicanthis rufinus Temminck, 1853
Genetic evidence indicates that the extinct Canariomys is also nested within this genus.[1]
References
- ^ Renom, Pere; de-Dios, Toni; Civit, Sergi; Llovera, Laia; Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro; Lizano, Esther; Rando, Juan Carlos; Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs; Kergoat, Gael J.; Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2021). "Genetic data from the extinct giant rat from Tenerife (Canary Islands) points to a recent divergence from mainland relatives". Biology Letters. 17 (12): 20210533. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0533. PMC 8692034. PMID 34932923.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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